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Policy (The what) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-is guidance that is
directive or instructive, stating what is to be accomplished. It
reflects a conscious choice to pursue certain avenues and not
others
'what needs to be done' and all org are driven by 'i.e. reporting
hours, dress&appearance standards, tech procedures, standard
procedures
-based on admin mental image of the world
-at our nations highest level originates from Pres. and SECDEF
-guidance that is directive and instructive
-fluctuates and flexible
-stems form national leadership; politics and money
,-expressed via NSS and within military operations as ROEs 'who
can kill/not kill
Strategy (The How) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔--the art and science of
developing and employing instruments of national power in a
synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater,
national, and/or multinational policy objectives
-conducted to achieve national interests
-originates in policy and addresses broad objectives,
designs/plans to achieve them
-plan of action, matches a means to an end
-'what are realities of situation that may dictate the use or
deviation from doctrine" "-elements that could effect outcome
of operation we cannot control? "
Ex: Island Hopping-how to defeat Japanese Military WWII
Area of Consensus - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Fundamental National
goals the U.S. should be seeking in order establish our national
security
-Goal of: Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty (in some form) found in
the NSS or Security, Prosperity, and values
,National Security Strategy (NSS) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-There are
several that address our nation's strategic goals. Development
process:
-National Security Council (NSC) is Presidents forum for
considering national security and foreign policy matters with his
senior national security advisors and cabinet officials;
coordinates policies among various governmental agencies.
-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS): statutory military
advisor to the council and director of national intelligence is
intel advisor; meetings include MGMT Budget, Pres. of
economic policy, etc
Overall process of initiating, controlling, developing, writing,
and publishing the NSS resides with Assistant to president for
national security affairs who leads NSC staff: provides guidance
what is important to our nation, and gives our nation as well as
others an idea of how our instruments of national power will be
used or employed based on world situation at the time.
National Defense Stategy - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Department of
Defense (if SECDEF desires) can have a complementing strategy
to the NSS. Not required. The NDS will support the NSS by
establishing a set of overarching defense objectives that guide
DOD's security activities and provide direction for the national
Military Strategy. Links between military activities and those
other government agencies in pursuit of national goals
, National Military Strategy (NMS) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-signed by
the CJCS and supports the aims of the NSS and implements the
NDS. Describes Armed Forces plan to achieve military
objectives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring
they remain decisive in the future. Outlines military role in
achieving national objectives or areas of consensus.
Development of Policy - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-President-> NSC-
>NSC->NSS->NDS->NMS
Doctrine (The playbook) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-presents
considerations on how to accomplish military goals and
objectives. It is a storehouse of analyzed experience and
wisdom. Military Doctrine is authoritative but unlike policy, is
not directive.
-Football reference: once evaluate/assess other team SOP, or
ROEs they go to their own playbook and identify strategies
previously used to counteract those SOPs/ROEs; Lessons
learned; how we have learned over time as the best way to
accomplish a given task
Joint Doctrine - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-is the overarching guidance
and it is a bridge between policy and doctrine employment of